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This is a great book for anyone who has toyed with the idea of chucking their day job and moving to a cabin in the woods to write. Annie Dillard's honest look at the process of writing-the fun bits as well as the tedium, adds up to inspiration and insight into the day-to-day life of a writer. I enjoyed her honesty and easy to read style.
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Middle aged and woke up one morning with a yen to explore your spirituality? Anyaged and enjoy a thoughtfully rendered journey of inner/outer creativity? I think you found the book you didn't know that you have been wanting most of your life. Sit back in a comfy chair with your tea and this book and have a great time!
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This is simply a great book. As a nutritionist of more than 20 years, I have read many of the studies the author Brian Wansink reviews. These studies are sometimes hard to believe because they tell us (and Brian Wansink tells us) that despite our best intentions, despite our intelligence and caring deeply about eating well and eating "appropriately" "normally"that we *all* are manipulated into eating much more than we think. I gained a new insight into these now well known studies-reading about them again in a new context that expands their meaning and usefulness. I did appreciate his mention of Barbara Rolls' book (Volumetrics)-in fact I discuss that routinely in the group and individual classes I teach each month on weight control. The American Dietetic Association also agrees that her books that, rather than pointing to specific foods that can "cure" the reader's weight struggles, encourages a well balanced approach that can help gradually bring about slow weight loss and in general, healthful eating. How radical is that? What Mom said, what those women in white coats (Dietitians!) say that we have been avoiding all our lives, may have some validity. I know that "Mindless Eating" will only help those who are willing to let go of their disbelief that science knows a part of them better than they know themselves. This book is about human nature. This book is about how our lives many not really be our own, that forces around us(who have done their marketing research homework) manipulate us daily into doing their bidding. And we don't notice it. Everyone should read this book.
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I encourage anyone who has an interest in dream meanings to get this book. It may not have every image in my dreams, but it gives an unbiased guide that can lead to further insights.
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The Writing Life by Annie Dillard
Janelle, July 16, 2007
This is a great book for anyone who has toyed with the idea of chucking their day job and moving to a cabin in the woods to write. Annie Dillard's honest look at the process of writing-the fun bits as well as the tedium, adds up to inspiration and insight into the day-to-day life of a writer. I enjoyed her honesty and easy to read style.(4 of 5 readers found this comment helpful)
The Sound of Paper: Starting from Scratch by Julia Cameron
Janelle, July 16, 2007
Middle aged and woke up one morning with a yen to explore your spirituality? Anyaged and enjoy a thoughtfully rendered journey of inner/outer creativity? I think you found the book you didn't know that you have been wanting most of your life. Sit back in a comfy chair with your tea and this book and have a great time!(3 of 5 readers found this comment helpful)
Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think by Brian Wansink
Janelle, May 31, 2007
This is simply a great book. As a nutritionist of more than 20 years, I have read many of the studies the author Brian Wansink reviews. These studies are sometimes hard to believe because they tell us (and Brian Wansink tells us) that despite our best intentions, despite our intelligence and caring deeply about eating well and eating "appropriately" "normally"that we *all* are manipulated into eating much more than we think. I gained a new insight into these now well known studies-reading about them again in a new context that expands their meaning and usefulness. I did appreciate his mention of Barbara Rolls' book (Volumetrics)-in fact I discuss that routinely in the group and individual classes I teach each month on weight control. The American Dietetic Association also agrees that her books that, rather than pointing to specific foods that can "cure" the reader's weight struggles, encourages a well balanced approach that can help gradually bring about slow weight loss and in general, healthful eating. How radical is that? What Mom said, what those women in white coats (Dietitians!) say that we have been avoiding all our lives, may have some validity. I know that "Mindless Eating" will only help those who are willing to let go of their disbelief that science knows a part of them better than they know themselves. This book is about human nature. This book is about how our lives many not really be our own, that forces around us(who have done their marketing research homework) manipulate us daily into doing their bidding. And we don't notice it. Everyone should read this book.(4 of 6 readers found this comment helpful)
Dream Dictionary by Tony Crisp
Janelle, May 12, 2007
I use this book almost daily. It is simply the best of it's kind that I have found.(2 of 4 readers found this comment helpful)
Dream Dictionary by Tony Crisp
Janelle, June 3, 2006
I encourage anyone who has an interest in dream meanings to get this book. It may not have every image in my dreams, but it gives an unbiased guide that can lead to further insights.(1 of 3 readers found this comment helpful)